Archive for August, 2006
I’ll Give It a Shot
Atrios writes, of upper-class twit and congenital liar Sebastian Mallaby:
I’m not going to claim to have a deep understanding of living life as a member of the working poor – and, no, years of being a relatively impoverished grad student don’t really qualify – but I do know the experience of someone in that situation [...]
SEPTA Lying. Again.
In other news, the sky is blue, birds fly, and Mayor John Street is about as useful as the Pope’s testicles.
Fuel For Thought:
Every time a SEPTA bus zooms by, leaving a plume of putrid exhaust in its wake, people on street corners are reminded of our poor air quality and reliance on foreign fuels…
Despite a [...]
What a Real President Does
Al Gore helped airlift some 270 Katrina evacuees on two private charters from New Orleans, acting at the urging of a doctor who saved the life of the former vice president’s son.
Gore criticized the Bush administration’s slow response to Katrina in a speech Friday in San Francisco, but refused to be interviewed about the mercy [...]
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann Speaks, You Listen.
This is a remarkable piece. Hat tip, obviously, to crooks and liars, which you’ll be visiting when you click the link.
Mean and Ignorant
I was at Central Pizza this afternoon to pick up a cheesesteak.
The woman who runs the counter is in her late forties, maybe early fifties, with scrappy brown hair and yellowed teeth. Her skin has that sepia tone that long-term smokers always seem to have. Her legs are rather thin, considering they [...]
Two-Way Takes a Flying Leap
“I’ve only been to Grey Fox once,” Two-Way said, as we stood by the table in the center of Grillbilly Hall drinking beer (or was it coffee). “It was a couple of years back. It’s too expensive, there’s that hill, and then… well, some crazy shit went down that first-and-last trip.”
Two-Way got his [...]
Lodi Pirates
I’ll leave the Pickin in the Pasture review to MaryE Yeomans, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy and take this opportunity to post some pictures.
Back at the Grillbillies’ camp, the theme for the festival was “Let’s All be Pirates”. Dobro player Adam Schmidt had decorated the campsite with plastic “jolly roger” flags, and had dressed up [...]
Meta: Wireless Problems
Well, after sitting on hold with Cavalier Telephone for 40 minutes last night (yes forty minutes, for a customer service call placed at 10:00 PM), I learned that my wireless may have dropped my IP address, and that without an ethernet card (mine is fried, so I’m bypassing), customer service can’t figure out what that [...]
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Beetle Bailey
Best. Beetle. Bailey. Ever.
Also, the first time the comic has ever been funny.
